Sheltered #3

Two young women stand back-to-back beneath hanging bare bulbs in this tense third issue of Sheltered: A Pre-Apocalyptic Tale — one gripping a pistol with a steely, determined gaze, the other looking away with quiet unease, a trailer and dark treeline looming behind them. The contrast between the two figures, one armed and alert, the other withdrawn, captures the uneasy tension at the heart of this 2013 Image series. Johnnie Christmas's cover linework gives both characters a grounded, lived-in quality that suits a story billing itself as pre-apocalyptic survival drama.